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Teddy bear and doll repair in New York

5 businesses whose own websites say they are in New York. One takes work in person.

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Where they are

Elmira, Geneseo, New York and Southold. One more does not name a town.

What kind of business

Three doll hospitals, one restoration specialist, one plush specialist.

Getting it to them

One takes work in person, two take it by post, three do not say how. Ring before you drive anywhere.

What they say they do

One says it repairs joints. One replaces eyes and noses. One rebuilds badly damaged pieces. Two take fire, flood or smoke damage.

In New York

  • Long Island Doll Hospital

    A long-running doll and bear repair shop on Long Island, run by Jan, that also takes stuffed animals and Steiff pieces. They clean, restuff, mend tears and replace eyes, they keep original parts wherever they can, and they do not touch porcelain.

    45395 Main Road, Southold, 11971(631) 765-2379

    In their words: “SORRY NO PORCELAIN REPAIRS”

    Southold

    Said closedno reopening date givenread off their site yesterday

    you can hand it over, takes it by post

  • FRSTeam New York

    Fabric and textile restoration after fire or water damage, working through your insurer. Stuffed animals and taxidermy are both on their list. The detail that matters: within 24 to 48 hours of the first visit they return a rush order of essentials, and they name a beloved stuffed animal as one of the things a family needs back that fast.

    10474Their site

    New York

    Said openquoted about a week thenread off their site yesterday

    Doesn’t say how you get it to them

  • NYC Lovey Repair

    A mother-and-daughter stuffed animal repair service in New York, whose six-year-old president once said the business would run until she was a grown-up. Their work is lovely and their last post is from February 2013, announcing a brief hiatus until spring.

    Their site

    New York

    Said closedno reopening date givenread off their site yesterday

    takes it by post

  • by Appointment OnlyDDA member

    Listed in the Doll Doctors Association hospital locator, in Geneseo, NY. We have not read a website for them, so we cannot tell you what they take on, what they refuse, or what it costs. The contact details are theirs and are published here as the directory published them. Ring before you rely on any of it: of the entries in these same lists that did give a website, nearly half pointed at a domain that no longer exists.

    (585) 943-2743dsells4444@yahoo.com

    Geneseo

    Doesn’t say how you get it to them

  • Taggerty Doll ClinicDDA member

    Listed in the Doll Doctors Association hospital locator, in Elmira, NY. We have not read a website for them, so we cannot tell you what they take on, what they refuse, or what it costs. The contact details are theirs and are published here as the directory published them. Ring before you rely on any of it: of the entries in these same lists that did give a website, nearly half pointed at a domain that no longer exists.

    (607) 426-4129bdt1961@yahoo.com

    Elmira

    Doesn’t say how you get it to them

Everywhere, including New York

6 of these are national rather than local: a chain with a shop near most people, a restoration franchise dispatched to wherever the damage is, a manufacturer's own service. They are as available in New York as anywhere else.

The Doll Doctors Association lists 2 members in New York

We are not going to reprint their phone numbers here. Those were published by the association, about them, and passing them on second hand from a site they have never heard of is not ours to do. Their own locator is the list those people agreed to be on, and it is the one that gets kept up to date.

  • by Appointment Only

    Geneseo · no website listed

  • Taggerty Doll Clinic

    Elmira · no website listed

Their locator, with the contact details Read their guidance before you send anything. They say plainly: do not ship until the hospital has agreed to take it, and insure it for its replacement value both ways.

Or post it to one of these

22 businesses anywhere in the country say they take work by post. Before you send anything: of the 194 we have read, 2 say anything about insuring your item while it is with them. Insure the parcel yourself, both ways.